Drunk on Happiness

It was sometime last year, during the summer, that I stopped at a gas station downtown while out running errands, having found my tank on empty once again.

Suegra happened to be along for the ride, sitting next to me in the passenger seat. I pulled up to the pump and shut the car off. As I blindly rummaged in my bag to find my debit card, I watched a couple cross the parking lot, laughing so hard that they had to hold onto one another for support as they walked. I began to smile, feeling their infectious happiness, but Suegra clicked her tongue.

“Borrachos,” she muttered, shaking her head.
“Drunks?” I said, “Maybe they’re just happy?”
Suegra looked at me like I was stupid. I shrugged my shoulders and got out of the car.

The rest of the day, and even a year later, I still think about that moment because it so clearly demonstrates how one’s outlook on life can change any situation.

I’m with you! Outlook is everything. And smiles should be infectious. (Those commercials with the laughing babies make me giggle every time!)
My oldest boys is a “glass half empty” sort of fellow — he got it from his dad, and I’m a “glass half full so there is room for more” kind of optimist.
It can be hard seeing the self-sabatoge outlook sometimes, especially from a loved one. And especially when I just can’t see what they are moaning about!

My mom always used to tell me about laughing contests with her sisters growing up…one person just starts laughing, even if it’s fake, and soon enough everyone in the room is laughing for real. It’s so funny…we tried it this weekend and it worked…except for my son Joaquin, the normally sourpuss, realist…he just kept saying, “I don’t get it.” Poor thing.

jajaj funny one cause my suegra would say the exact same thing! she is a criticona though… second ppl would always ask if i was drunk when we’d go to the bailes and i wasnt my primas would say “No asi nuestra prima biena payasa..no necesita alcohol” lol n its true i would get so hyper on my own.

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